PC won't boot past Intel P4 Inside logo

amacleod · 11-29-2008, 12:38 PM

I have had my PC for about 3-4 years. For some reason, it won't boot up. When switched on, it goes to the Intel Inside screen, then the screen goes black with an underscore icon flashing in the left-hand bottom corner of the screen.

Having read a few websites and forums, I tried:
1. reseating the RAM module
2. putting the RAM in the other slot
3. replacing the motherboard battery
4. installing a new RAM module

None of these made any difference.

PC: Advent T9001 (athough I upgraded the gfx card on purchase)
Processor: P4 3GHz
Motherboard: MSI N1996
RAM: originally 512MB DDR PC3200 (now I have two - one in each slot)
GPU: ATI Radeon R96 128M

My main concern is that I don't have a backup of my HDD - which has all our photos of my young children on it!

I'll be very grateful if you can help me to fix it!

Andrew

11-29-2008, 12:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
amacleod Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 32 OS: XP SP2	PC won't boot past Intel P4 Inside logo I have had my PC for about 3-4 years. For some reason, it won't boot up. When switched on, it goes to the Intel Inside screen, then the screen goes black with an underscore icon flashing in the left-hand bottom corner of the screen. Having read a few websites and forums, I tried: 1. reseating the RAM module 2. putting the RAM in the other slot 3. replacing the motherboard battery 4. installing a new RAM module None of these made any difference. PC: Advent T9001 (athough I upgraded the gfx card on purchase) Processor: P4 3GHz Motherboard: MSI N1996 RAM: originally 512MB DDR PC3200 (now I have two - one in each slot) GPU: ATI Radeon R96 128M My main concern is that I don't have a backup of my HDD - which has all our photos of my young children on it! I'll be very grateful if you can help me to fix it! Andrew